Mind-Benders of Greek & Roman History
“The ancient Greeks” spanned more time than separates us from the printing press
From Thales, the first Greek philosopher, to Plotinus at the tradition's late height, classical Greek philosophy ran for roughly nine centuries — a longer stretch of time than separates us today from Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
How we know
Thales b. c. 624 BCE; Plotinus d. c. 270 CE → span ≈ 893 yrs (~9 centuries). Gutenberg's press c. 1440 CE → 2026 − 1440 = 586 yrs. 893 > 586.
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